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Garcia Soto, A.; Zhelnin, P.; Safa, I.; Arguelles, C.A. |
| Title |
Tau Appearance from High-Energy Neutrino Interactions |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2022 |
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Physical Review Letters |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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128 |
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17 |
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171101 - 7pp |
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High-energy muon and electron neutrinos yield a non-negligible flux of tau neutrinos as they propagate through Earth. In this Letter, we address the impact of this additional component in the PeV and EeV energy regimes for the first time. Above 300 TeV, this contribution is predicted to be significantly larger than the atmospheric background, and it alters current and future neutrino telescopes' capabilities to discover a cosmic tau-neutrino flux. Further, we demonstrate that Earth-skimming neutrino experiments, designed to observe tau neutrinos, will be sensitive to cosmogenic neutrinos even in extreme scenarios without a primary tau-neutrino component. |
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[Soto, A. Garcia; Zhelnin, P.; Safa, I; Arguelles, C. A.] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA, Email: alfonsogarciasoto@fas.harvard.edu; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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0031-9007 |
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WOS:000804588400008 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5240 |
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Arguelles, C.A.; Muñoz, V.; Shoemaker, I.M.; Takhistov, V. |
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Hadrophilic light dark matter from the atmosphere |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2022 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
| Volume |
833 |
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137363 - 6pp |
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Light sub-GeV dark matter (DM) constitutes an underexplored target, beyond the optimized sensitivity of typical direct DM detection experiments. We comprehensively investigate hadrophilic light DM produced from cosmic-ray collisions with the atmosphere. The resulting relativistic DM, originating from meson decays, can be efficiently observed in variety of experiments, such as XENON1T. We include for the first time decays of eta, eta' and K+ mesons, leading to improved limits for DM masses above few hundred MeV. We incorporate an exact treatment of the DM attenuation in Earth and demonstrate that nuclear form factor effects can significantly impact the resulting testable DM parameter space. Further, we establish projections for upcoming experiments, such as DARWIN, over a wide range of DM masses below the GeV scale. |
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[Arguelles, Carlos A.] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA, Email: carguelles@fas.harvard.edu; |
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Elsevier |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000865640700036 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5388 |
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Arguelles, C.A.; Coloma, P.; Hernandez, P.; Muñoz, V. |
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Searches for atmospheric long-lived particles |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2020 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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02 |
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2 |
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190 - 34pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics; Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos |
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Long-lived particles are predicted in extensions of the Standard Model that involve relatively light but very weakly interacting sectors. In this paper we consider the possibility that some of these particles are produced in atmospheric cosmic ray showers, and their decay intercepted by neutrino detectors such as IceCube or Super-Kamiokande. We present the methodology and evaluate the sensitivity of these searches in various scenarios, including extensions with heavy neutral leptons in models of massive neutrinos, models with an extra U(1) gauge symmetry, and a combination of both in a U(1)(B-L) model. Our results are shown as a function of the production rate and the lifetime of the corresponding long-lived particles. |
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[Arguelles, C.] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA, Email: caad@mit.edu; |
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Springer |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000518622800001 |
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no |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4323 |
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Arguelles, C.A.; Kelly, K.J.; Muñoz, V.M. |
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Millicharged particles from the heavens: single- and multiple-scattering signatures |
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Journal Article |
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2021 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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11 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
099 - 34pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics |
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For nearly a century, studying cosmic-ray air showers has driven progress in our understanding of elementary particle physics. In this work, we revisit the production of millicharged particles in these atmospheric showers and provide new constraints for XENON1T and Super-Kamiokande and new sensitivity estimates of current and future detectors, such as JUNO. We discuss distinct search strategies, specifically studies of single-energy-deposition events, where one electron in the detector receives a relatively large energy transfer, as well as multiple-scattering events consisting of (at least) two relatively small energy depositions. We demonstrate that these atmospheric search strategies especially the multiple-scattering signature – provide significant room for improvement beyond existing searches, in a way that is complementary to anthropogenic, beam-based searches for MeV-GeV millicharged particles. Finally, we also discuss the implementation of a Monte Carlo simulation for millicharged particle detection in large-volume neutrino detectors, such as IceCube. |
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[Arguelles, Carlos A.] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA, Email: carguelles@fas.harvard.edu; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000718091700002 |
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International Collaboration |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5038 |
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Arguelles, C.A. et al; Barenboim, G. |
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Snowmass white paper: beyond the standard model effects on neutrino flavor |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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83 |
Issue |
1 |
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15 - 57pp |
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Neutrinos are one of the most promising messengers for signals of new physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM). On the theoretical side, their elusive nature, combined with their unknown mass mechanism, seems to indicate that the neutrino sector is indeed opening a window to new physics. On the experimental side, several long-standing anomalies have been reported in the past decades, providing a strong motivation to thoroughly test the standard three-neutrino oscillation paradigm. In this Snowmass21 white paper, we explore the potential of current and future neutrino experiments to explore BSM effects on neutrino flavor during the next decade. |
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[Arguelles, C. A.] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA, Email: pilar.coloma@ift.csic.es; |
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Springer |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:000912507200001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5459 |
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